I'm on the bad side of twenty-five
I'm on the bad side of twenty-five
it's a dangerous time to be a friend of mine
Whoa! Brand synergy! The latest episode of my podcast Meet My Friend with Tyler Scruggs is out now. I caught up with my friend @TristanTimothy, and we discussed stand-up comedy, social media, cancel culture, Kevin Hart, Andrew Yang, Bernie Sanders, and a bunch of other controversial stuff. We also figured out I love controversy. Oops. Give it a listen or save it for later.
It feels like the stars are on my side lately. Iโm deeply paranoid about apps and deep learning algorithms advising us like horoscopes. Still, Co โ Starโs snarky, often chillingly timely push notifications can keep me from going on Twitter rampages. So maybe Astrology is good? Donโt quote me on that.
One thingโs for sure: Iโm sure sick of this shit.
Thankfully, it seems like a lot of people are. It feels like the stars are on my side lately.
Do you remember Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stumpโs solo album Soul Punk? It wasnโt particularly successful, but an exciting look into the singerโs musical sensibilities. More inspired by Michael Jackson and Prince, Soul Punk was a peek into the pop-punk singerโs influences and style. Perhaps it informed the more bro-y sample-heavy arena rock that sort of dominated Fall Out Boyโs output the last, damn, seven years since they got back together? This is side one; flip me over.
Some people fade like evening
Some just never go away
But there's simply no place safer
than the bank the day after the robbery
So you wake to grab the paper
Sip your coffee, too much grind
You don't so much mind the aging
You just mind the getting wise
I turn 25 this weekend, and I canโt tell if Iโm on the bad side of 25, or if thatโs yet to come. Before I can even celebrate turning a quarter-century old, thereโs a countdown clock in the corner of my brain thatโs reminding me that Iโm going to lose my parentsโ healthcare plan in a year. That sounds stupid as heck, but itโs true. I donโt know what Iโll do or if Iโll have a job thatโll provide it someday. So, Iโm anxious about it.
Oh! I can rent a car now, huh. Maybe Iโll try that. Is it fun?
School started last week, and thanks to Twitter, I was able to register and get everything squared away. Iโm taking three classes: American Government, Human Communications, and Perspective: Comparative Cultures because, of course, I am. However, theyโre all online, which will give me some flexibility to travel and be a bit nomadic. My housing situation changes up in the Spring, and Iโm not sure quite where Iโll land, but the need now to go to campus is minimal, except to use the gymโฆ eventually. ๐
Iโve finally managed that recent massive influx of Facebook friend requests I got last week. I have been forwarding everyone to my Instagram, lmao. Also, Iโve officially relinquished myself of the belief that I promote myself too much because hooooly cow look what Justin Bieber did with his new song โYummyโ. Yucky
Here are some other things I thought were pleasant or interesting:
I donโt know if youโll get anything out of this, but I was fascinated by this podcast with Russell Brand and Logan Paul. Russell Brand is a decent YouTuber, but heโs currently under the delusion that premium podcasts are something that we will pay for like Netflix.
This week Iโve gotta put my head down a โlil bit for school, but do always let me know if thereโs a topic or subject youโd like to see me cover. Still getting the hang of the newsletter thing and have been prioritizing consistency over the deep dives, but I do have some deep dives!! Competent and consistent content creation is hard! Especially since I seem hellbent on attacking everywhere on everything. Now, to find some advertisers...